Online, 02. June 2021
The online seminar series "Policy Implications of Recent Globalization Research" aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on developing and emerging countries. The seminar differs from a traditional academic seminar, which focuses on methodology and academic exchange, and…
Online, 01. June 2021
In recent years, the paradigm change toward a global green economy has been gaining speed. More than 110 countries, many of them in the low and middle income groups, have pledged to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 or earlier. More importantly, major players have substantiated their plans by finance and pathways to implementation. These…
Robins, Nick / Simon Dikau / Ulrich Volz (2021) External Publications
Online, 27. May 2021
The latest WBGU (German Advisory Council on Global Change) flagship report diagnoses a "trilemma" of global land use, consisting of diverse demands made on land for the purposes of climate-change mitigation, food security and the conservation of biological diversity. The Council proposes five governance strategies to address this…
Friesen, Ina / Leon Janauschek (2021) Briefing Paper 11/2021
To close the gap between humanitarian needs and available funding, the European Union should develop a long-term strategy as to how to engage with China on humanitarian matters. This paper suggests focusing the dialogue on the food security sector and anticipatory humanitarian aid.
Online, 18. May 2021
A key challenge for sustainable water management and thus sustainable development as a whole is the complexity of human-water-systems. Inter- and transdisciplinary approaches and the targeted processing of research results are central for a better understanding and sustainable implementation of knowledge. This is where the new UNESCO…
Rodríguez, Jean Carlo / Ina Lehmann (2021) The Current Column, 17. May 2021
As countries of the Global North consider how to re-set their economies after the COVID-19 pandemic, this window of political opportunity should be used now to transform our economic system.
Online, 17. May 2021
Der Beirätedialog 2021 wird am 17. Mai 2021 online stattfinden. Bei der Überwindung der Corona-Krise und der Gestaltung einer nachhaltigen Zukunft gewinnt das Thema Finanzen über alle Politikfelder hinweg zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die Bundesregierung stellt in ihrer Dialogfassung der Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie 2021 Finanzen als einen von fünf…
Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Imme Scholz (2021) The Current Column, 10. May 2021
For Germany in this election year, a number of questions arise in its external policy areas. What will the future model for German development policy look like?
Online, 05. May 2021
Investment facilitation can be understood as a set of measures concerned, among other things, with improving the transparency and predictability of investment frameworks, streamlining procedures related to foreign investors and enhancing coordination and cooperation among different stakeholders, to attract foreign direct investment (FDI)…
, 04. May 2021
Um die international vereinbarten Nachhaltigkeits- und Klimaziele zu erreichen, müssen Deutschland und die Europäische Union (EU) die externen Wirkungen ihrer eigenen Wirtschafts- und Lebensweisen sowie ihre auswärtigen Beziehungen und Kooperationen so umgestalten, dass diese Ziele auch in anderen Ländern unterstützt und erreicht werden.…
Roll, Michael / Tim Kornprobst (2021) The Current Column, 03. May 2021
The pandemic shows that greater localisation can make development cooperation more participatory and possibly more effective and sustainable.
Never, Babette (2021) Mitarbeiter sonstige
Leininger, Julia / Armin von Schiller (2021) The Current Column, 28. April 2021
Against what many “preached” at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, societies did not become stronger through the crisis.
Press Release: Shaping sustainable economic and social change together - that is the aim of the newly established BMZ African-German Leadership Academy.
Baye, Richmond / Allesandro Olper / Albert Ahenkan /Issa Justice Musah-Surugu /Samuel Weniga Anuga / Samuel Darkwah (2021) External Publications
Haug, Sebastian (2021) Discussion Paper 15/2021
This paper shows how the United Nations (UN) has tried to mainstream support for South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC). It provides a scorecard of UN entities and identifies key factors that condition the heterogeneous and increasingly controversial trajectory of SSTC at the UN.
Domínguez, J. Carlos (2021) Discussion Paper 14/2021
The analysis interlinks long-term life trajectories of MGG network members with their experiences of the MGG Academy. It shows how individual identities intersect with a collective sense of belonging to the program and to the network.
Ruano, Lorena (2021) External Publications
Online, 20. April 2021
The online seminar series aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on developing and emerging countries. The seminar differs from a traditional academic seminar, which focuses on methodology and academic exchange, and instead aims to promote the translation of academic…
